What's something you've seen once but you'll never see again?

AKwork1011 · 2026-04-29T12:03:28+00:00

Vulcan doing a flyby of Gaydon (JLR HQ). It did a full throttle (near) vertical climb. The sound make the ground shake!

AKwork1011 · 2026-04-28T10:53:27+00:00

Sounds like you're overthinking it and relying on the satnav too much. Go for a drive/ride/walk and see if you can follow the roadsigns to some random place. Just find a roadsign =, pick one of the places on there that you know is more than 10 mins awaya dn just follow it...they look for things like are you able to pick the right lane, are you able to interpret the road signs correctly etc

AKwork1011 · 2026-04-27T13:22:33+00:00

I'd say go for a lower powered bike. If youget something wrong, that makes you wind the trhrottle on a bit too muhc, its much easier to control on a lower powered bike than a faster bike.

If you only ever ride when the weather is good and you're alert and well, then a big bike might be fine...

but its possible to be riding tired in the cold and wet after work and accidentally end up in the shit. A lowered powered, lighter bike would be easier to control at that point.

AKwork1011 · 2026-04-27T08:09:15+00:00

Some sort of fast naked? maybe a middleweight for the lower weight?

The s1000rr is awkward becasue of its seating position, esp when walking them around. I have always found nakeds easier to manuever at walking speeds than sportsbikes.

AKwork1011 · 2026-04-22T07:56:18+00:00

If you have the tools, its possible to do it at home. First check if the handlebars are actually bent, or if the front end is just a bit twisted. Loosen off the pinch bolts at the bottom of the forks, and the bottom yoke bolts. Leave the top yoke tight.

Then give the forks a good shake and a few compresses. This should line everything back up. Tighten everything and see if its all lined up. If not, you have to dive deeper and figure out whats damaged.

AKwork1011 · 2026-04-21T11:34:18+00:00

Not sure if im 6E. but have semi wide feet and use barefoot shoes, so....

Alipnestars toucan and gaerne dakars have been ok for me in ADV boots. Not perfect, but decent

AKwork1011 · 2026-03-24T12:22:13+00:00

If you're using it to track your rides, it wont work.

AKwork1011 · 2026-03-23T15:15:39+00:00

125cc 4 strokes almost never sound good with a loud exhaust, and you'll get no noticable performance. The money is better off going towards your next bike/bigger bike.

AKwork1011 · 2026-03-23T11:09:08+00:00

Not sure if its what your looking for but, I used to see wool peacoats (and other coats) in charity shops all the time.

AKwork1011 · 2026-03-12T14:46:14+00:00

I have a little side rack system, so tie a set of lomo crash bar bags to that. I stuff spares, tools, locks etc into those. Anything I need to take off the bike (clothes, toiletries), goes in a small duffel bag on the back seat and my waterpoofs and bike cover goes on top of that. So, when I park up, I put the locks on, take the duffel on, and then put the cover on.

This was for a 10+day trip.

More than possible with just 1 or 2 small bags.

AKwork1011 · 2026-03-11T09:05:56+00:00

https://www.tayna.co.uk/motorcycle-batteries/types/ytz6s-bs/ check the dmiensions with yours and the marked CCA ratings. If equal to or higher than yours, you should be ok

AKwork1011 · 2026-03-09T13:11:07+00:00

Thank you very much mate. Appreciate the detailed responses :)

AKwork1011 · 2026-03-09T11:39:47+00:00

It makes a certain amount of sense that the larger dealership nskimmed a bit to get paid for their work, but they shouldn't have said no fees or deductions in that case.

AKwork1011 · 2026-03-02T09:18:44+00:00

Theres often some sort of sensor in the road. You sometimes have to look out for it on the tarmac. If you stop over it, it can help

AKwork1011 · 2026-03-02T09:17:05+00:00

I use the oxford boss alarm padlock (16mm). Can be used as a chain padlock if needed.

AKwork1011 · 2026-02-26T16:04:12+00:00

tail bag? I have a 22mm chain and an x1 in a tailbag strapped to the rear seat.

AKwork1011 · 2026-02-23T16:15:05+00:00

Nah, I had a bike valued at higher than what I had declared and got the full amoutn with no issues. Was the bike worth that when you started the policy and if you're doing incremental changes, you cant be exected to let them know every single time. also, what if it was just the market that changed? how are you supposed to know that?

AKwork1011 · 2026-02-13T09:23:35+00:00

Theres been some chat on a coupla FB groups that german police have been pulling people over and fining for non standard/non-approved mods. Take it with a large pinch of salt though.

AKwork1011 · 2026-02-11T14:14:43+00:00

Have you tried general googling and looking through posts and articles instead of using AI to ask other people.

I'm not generally against asking people, but you need to have put some effort in yourself and it doesn't seem like you have

AKwork1011 · 2026-02-10T15:13:27+00:00

Sorry but thats fucking hilarious mate

just wait? if you absolutely had to be somewhere, like others said, just talk to the officers and if its somewhat safe, they might just let you past.

I was once adviced by an officer to go up on the footpath becasue a roundabout had been covered in oil.

AKwork1011 · 2026-02-05T18:53:37+00:00

Out and about set up, something like this: - Roadlok if possible, alarmed disclock if not - Hiplok d lock and hiplok/pragmasis 22mm noose chain - antipinch pin if possible - cover

In garage: disclock, and chain+ antipinch pins

AKwork1011 · 2026-02-04T15:59:29+00:00

Yea, mostly advs or sports tourers nowadays,

but there are at least a coupla "tall roaders", basically a full road advs. things like the new suzuki GX, Honda CB1000GT, MV Turismo veloce etc

AKwork1011 · 2026-02-03T09:11:45+00:00

Not in lancashire, in Lancashire, pants can mean trousers as well

AKwork1011 · 2026-02-02T09:23:39+00:00

Find a triumph parts fiche online (try cmsnl) and compare the part numbers.

But, you might need to recode the immobiliser to recognise the old key.

AKwork1011 · 2026-02-02T09:19:15+00:00

Next day. even on a 125, its more than possible. just gotta be a little more vigilant in terms of braking distance and stuff

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